Remembrance Day

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
284
Date Released
12 Nov 1934
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The King Opens Architect Building
  2. 2The Lord Mayor’s Show
  3. 3Remembrance Day

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Remembrance Day 1934 (Armistice Day). DESCRIPTION: The annual service of Remembrance held at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, where the King, accompanied by his sons, laid a wreath. SHOTLIST: Great War scenes of men climbing over the top with bayonets. Guns firing. Series of wipes showing battle field, blind soldiers being led forward, graves and war monument. CU of tombstone bearing words "Soldier of the Great War". Other memorials and pan shot of cemetery. Shot of Menin Gate, Tyne Cott, Thiepval Monument. Whitehall and crowds around Cenotaph. King and sons arrive. King lays wreath. Big Ben at 11 seen through arches. Close shot of the King. Royal family on balcony. Shot of the cabinet including Mr MacDonald, Mr Baldwin, Mr Attlee. Close shot of Big Ben striking 11. Close shot of inscription on the Cenotaph. Shots of wipes to other countries and their ceremonies. Close shot of the crowd. Pan shot around Whitehall and the crowds. The Cenotaph. Ex-servicemen walk past the Cenotaph. Elevated shot. Shots of the flags.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Weapons; Death; Explosions; Ceremonies; Disabled persons
Locations
Ypres
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
3264
Length of story (in feet)
299
Story extras:
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